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The Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
has been in continuous publication since 1959 when it first
appeared as the University of Malaya Law Review.
Institutional changes made it necessary for the Journal to
be re-named twice, first as the Malaya Law Review and then
Singapore Journal of Legal Studies. Together with its
predecessor journals (the University of Malaya Law Review
and the Malaya Law Review), the Journal is one of the oldest
legal journals in the British Commonwealth. As the first and
leading legal journal in Singapore, it has witnessed the
legal, political and social development of Singapore as it
progressed from being a Third World country to a First World
country. The Journal has traced the development of common
law in Asia, particularly, Singapore and Malaysia.
The Journal covers both domestic and international legal
developments. Singapore, as an independent legal system
founded on the English legal system, continues to draw
guidance from the common law authorities of leading
Commonwealth countries, including England, Australia and
Canada, and occasionally from the United States of America.
Since the inception of the Singapore Journal of
International and Comparative Law (1997) and then its
successor, the Singapore Year Book of International Law
(2005), the Journal has focused on legal developments in
Singapore, Asia and the common law world.
The Journal publishes articles on private and public
international law as well as comparative law. It features
topics with theoretical or practical appeal or a mixture of
both. The Journal continues to interest lawyers, academics
and observers in and outside the common law world. Indeed,
it has been cited by leading common law courts such as the
House of Lords, the Supreme Court of Canada, the High Court
of Australia, the High Court of Malaysia and the Supreme
Court of Singapore.
The Journal is a faculty-managed publication with its
Editorial Committee drawn from the Law Faculty of the
National University of Singapore with advice from eminent
legal personalities from other institutions in Singapore and
abroad. It is fully peer-reviewed under conditions of
anonymity by subject specialists within and outside the Law
Faculty of the National University of Singapore.
Past articles published in the Journal continue to be found
useful by judges. Citations in 2008 include: Daniel Seng,
“Another Clog on the Construction of Contracts? The Parol
Evidence Rule and the Use of Extrinsic Evidence” [1997] Sing
JLS 457 in Zurich Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd v B-Gold
Interior Design & Construction Pte Ltd [2008] 3 SLR 1029;
Michael Hor, “Corroboration: Rules and Discretion in the
Search for Truth” [2000] Sing JLS 509 in Public Prosecutor v
Mohammed Liton Mohammed Syeed Mallik [2008] 1 SLR 601;
Jeffrey Pinsler, “Statements of Witnesses to the Police: A
Story of Strange Bedfellows in the Criminal Procedure Code
and Evidence Act” [2001] Sing JLS 53; M Sornarajah, “Common
Intention and Murder under the Penal Codes” [1995] Sing JLS
29; Michael Hor, “Common Intention and the Enterprise of
Constructing Criminal Liability” [1999] Sing JLS 494; and
Koh Kheng Lian, “Penal Code: Section 34 and Participation”
[1992] Sing JLS 232 in Lee Chez Kee v Public Prosecutor
[2008] 3 SLR 447; Tan Keng Feng, “Nervous Shock to Primary
Victims” [1995] Sing JLS 649; K Amirthalingam “Lord Atkin
and the Philosopher’s Stone: The Search for A Universal Test
for Duty” [2007] Sing JLS 350; and Lee Eng Beng,
“Vindication of the Three Proximities” [1992] Sing JLS 528
in Ngiam Kong Seng and Another v Lim Chiew Hock [2008] 3 SLR
674; and Alexander Loke, “Damages to Protect Performance
Interest and the Reasonableness Requirement” [2001] Sing JLS
259 in Family Food Court (a firm) v Seah Boon Lock and
Another (trading as Boon Lock Duck and Noodle House) [2008]
4 SLR 272.
Apart from its paper circulation, the journal is also
available electronically through
Lawnet,
WestLaw,
Heinonline,
Proquest,
HW Wilson,
RMIT and
SSRN. The Wilson Index to
Legal Periodicals and Scholar Google are linked to the SSRN
database. The journal may be cited as Sing. J.L.S. |
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